عشب

See also: عشت‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ع ش ب‎ (ʿ-š-b). Cognate with Hebrew עשב‎ (ʿēśeḇ). Compare also عَشِبَ‎ (ʿašiba, “to dry up, get stale”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʕuʃb/
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Noun

عُشْب • (ʿušb) m (collective, singulative عُشْبَة‎ (ʿušba), plural أَعْشَاب‎ (ʾaʿšāb))

fresh, green, juicy, soft or tender herbs or herbage
green grass
pasture

Declension

Declension of noun عُشْب (ʿušb)

Collective	basic collective triptote
Collective	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عُشْب ʿušb	الْعُشْب‎ al-ʿušb	عُشْب ʿušb
Nominative	عُشْبٌ ʿušbun	الْعُشْبُ‎ al-ʿušbu	عُشْبُ ʿušbu
Accusative	عُشْبًا‎ ʿušban	الْعُشْبَ‎ al-ʿušba	عُشْبَ ʿušba
Genitive	عُشْبٍ ʿušbin	الْعُشْبِ‎ al-ʿušbi	عُشْبِ ʿušbi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singulative	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عُشْبَة‎ ʿušba	الْعُشْبَة‎ al-ʿušba	عُشْبَة‎ ʿušbat
Nominative	عُشْبَةٌ‎ ʿušbatun	الْعُشْبَةُ‎ al-ʿušbatu	عُشْبَةُ‎ ʿušbatu
Accusative	عُشْبَةً‎ ʿušbatan	الْعُشْبَةَ‎ al-ʿušbata	عُشْبَةَ‎ ʿušbata
Genitive	عُشْبَةٍ‎ ʿušbatin	الْعُشْبَةِ‎ al-ʿušbati	عُشْبَةِ‎ ʿušbati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عُشْبَتَيْن‎ ʿušbatayn	الْعُشْبَتَيْن‎ al-ʿušbatayn	عُشْبَتَيْ‎ ʿušbatay
Nominative	عُشْبَتَانِ‎ ʿušbatāni	الْعُشْبَتَانِ‎ al-ʿušbatāni	عُشْبَتَا‎ ʿušbatā
Accusative	عُشْبَتَيْنِ‎ ʿušbatayni	الْعُشْبَتَيْنِ‎ al-ʿušbatayni	عُشْبَتَيْ‎ ʿušbatay
Genitive	عُشْبَتَيْنِ‎ ʿušbatayni	الْعُشْبَتَيْنِ‎ al-ʿušbatayni	عُشْبَتَيْ‎ ʿušbatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
Paucal (3-10)	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عُشْبَات‎ ʿušbāt	الْعُشْبَات‎ al-ʿušbāt	عُشْبَات‎ ʿušbāt
Nominative	عُشْبَاتٌ‎ ʿušbātun	الْعُشْبَاتُ‎ al-ʿušbātu	عُشْبَاتُ‎ ʿušbātu
Accusative	عُشْبَاتٍ‎ ʿušbātin	الْعُشْبَاتِ‎ al-ʿušbāti	عُشْبَاتِ‎ ʿušbāti
Genitive	عُشْبَاتٍ‎ ʿušbātin	الْعُشْبَاتِ‎ al-ʿušbāti	عُشْبَاتِ‎ ʿušbāti
Plural of variety	basic broken plural triptote
Plural of variety	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَعْشَاب‎ ʾaʿšāb	الْأَعْشَاب‎ al-ʾaʿšāb	أَعْشَاب‎ ʾaʿšāb
Nominative	أَعْشَابٌ‎ ʾaʿšābun	الْأَعْشَابُ‎ al-ʾaʿšābu	أَعْشَابُ‎ ʾaʿšābu
Accusative	أَعْشَابًا‎ ʾaʿšāban	الْأَعْشَابَ‎ al-ʾaʿšāba	أَعْشَابَ‎ ʾaʿšāba
Genitive	أَعْشَابٍ‎ ʾaʿšābin	الْأَعْشَابِ‎ al-ʾaʿšābi	أَعْشَابِ‎ ʾaʿšābi

References

Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “عشب”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 129
Freytag, Georg (1835), “عشب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 159–160
Lane, Edward William (1863), “عشب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 2049–2050
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “عشب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 697
Wehr, Hans (1979), “عشب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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